A place in Pasadena history
This Colonial Revival house has been home to the Ridder newspaper family for more than 35 years.
The family decided to sell after the deaths of Bernard Ridder, former publisher of the Pasadena Independent Star-News and a board member of Knight Ridder Newspapers Inc., and his wife, Georgia, a horse-racing enthusiast and director emeritus of the Oak Tree Racing Assn. Bernard Ridder, a breeder and owner of champion race horses, died in 1983 at 70. Georgia Ridder died last year at 87. They are survived by two sons and two grandchildren. The house is being sold by a trust.
The Pasadena mansion, designed by renowned Southern California architect Roland Coates, was built in 1938.
About this house: It has potential for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources because of “its association with a regionally significant architect and locally significant owners; its good state of preservation, and its contribution to the architectural and historical context of the South San Rafael neighborhood.”
Asking price: $4,950,000.
Size: The house, with five bedrooms and six bathrooms in 7,700 square feet, sits on about 1.2 acres.
Features: A landscaped drive leads to the brick Colonial, which has panoramic city and mountain views. The home has four fireplaces, a sweeping staircase, a central hall, high ceilings, hardwood floors, a guesthouse, a basement, a garden, a courtyard and a solar-heated pool.
Where: Pasadena
Listing agent: Maggie W. Navarro, (626) 568-7265, and Boyd S. Smith, (626) 568-7208. Both are with Coldwell Banker, Old Pasadena.
To submit a candidate for Home of the Week, please send color interior and exterior photos (copies only; we cannot return the pictures) and a brief description of the house, including what makes the property unusual, to Ruth Ryon, Real Estate Section, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012; or e-mail homeoftheweek@ latimes.com.
